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###&%**~-. RAILS .-~**%##
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###&%**~-. TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY .-~**%##
&***~..... HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS .....~***&
&&%****~-. CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED .-~****%&&
@@#&%**~-. OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. .-~**%@@
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@#&%%**~-. BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE .-~**%%@
#@#&%**~-. WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, .-~**%@#
#@#&%**~-. THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE .-~**%@#
##%*~-.... CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH ....-~*%##
#&&%**~--. THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE .--~**%&
#@#&%**~-. SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED .-~**%@#
#@#&%**~-. ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN .-~**%@#
@@#&%**~-. TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR .-~**%@@
##@&%**~-. ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. .-~**%&@##
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@##&%**~-. THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE .-~**%#@
@#&*~-.... RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL ....-~*@
&%*~~..... BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. .....~~*%&
#@#&%**~-. THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF .-~**%@#
&%%**-.... WATER. ....-**%%&
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#@#&%**~-. TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG .-~**%@#
&&&&%**~-. THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION .-~**%&&&&
###&%**~-. SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, .-~**%##
#&**~..... TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. .....~**
###&%**~-. DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE .-~**%##
#@#&%**~-. DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. .-~**%@#
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#@#&%**~-. SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT .-~**%@#
#%%%*~-... FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS ...-~*%%%#
##@#&%*~-. IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. .-~*%@##
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#@#&%**~-. MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. .-~**%@#
#@#&%**~-. OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER .-~**%@#
@@#&%**~-. PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS .-~**%@@
&%*~-..... IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE .....-~*%&
##@&%**~-. TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! .-~**%&@##
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